Critics (Huyssen, Alter, Lehan, Kern, among others) have argued that literary experimentation iscentral to the modernist project of representing the city. At the turn of the twenty-first century, thetensions that drove modernist textsâ€"class disparities, global exchange and communication, andchance encountersâ€"have only exponentially increased. How are contemporary literary and artisticinterpretations of the city reinventing this familiar modernist trope? International examples arewelcome. Papers that address hypertext, internet, or multimedia projects are especiallyencouraged. Please send 500-word abstracts to Martha Kuhlman by Sept 10th 2008,mkuhlman_at_bryant.edu